Richard Roose

Richard Roose (died 5 April 1531) was a cook to John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. In 1531, George Boleyn had Roose attempt to poison Fisher, but Fisher narrowly survived the poisoning, and Roose was boiled to death in the Tower of London.

Biography
Richard Roose was the cook for Bishop of Rochester John Fisher, and, in 1532, he was hired by George Boleyn to poison Bishop Fisher in order to hasten the divorce proceedings between King Henry VIII of England and Queen Catherine of Aragon. Roose poured some powder into the gruel served to Bishop Fisher, Thomas More, and several other clergymen as they ate together, but More did not have any soup, and Fisher had too little; four other guests died from the poison. As Fisher survived, Roose's mission was a failure, and he was captured. He was held at the Tower of London, and he persuaded Thomas Cromwell to ensure that his daughters would not be harmed. Roose was then lowered into a cauldron of boiling liquids by a rope.